Father’s Day is just around the corner – Sunday, 4 September to be exact!

If your ‘What to Get Dad’ list consists of socks, socks, and more socks, take a look at our wide selection of Father’s Day gift ideas. We’ve also compiled a list of our favourite picture books for reading together with dad.

Kisses for Daddy by Frances Watts & David Legge – Baby Bear is grumpy, and doesn’t want to give Daddy Bear his bedtime kiss…

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Our booksellers share the books that they could not put down – their most memorable one-sit reads.

‘In a former life, I worked for a children’s book publisher and reading a book for my work was always a different experience than reading a book for pleasure – a part of me always had to sit back from the story and think about who the market for the book was, and how I was going to pitch it to buyers. So…

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ABC TV’s The Book Club has wrapped up its tenth season. Here’s what they read in 2016.

The Book Club (previously First Tuesday Book Club) is ABC TV’s nationally televised book club that gathers together Australian booklovers. Each episode is hosted by Jennifer Byrne, with regular panellists Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger, as well as a revolving panel of special guests.

There were plenty of reading highlights throughout the season. Kent Haruf’s Our Souls at Night made Marieke Hardy cry…

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The Centre for Youth Literature has announced the shortlists for the Inky Awards!

The Inky Awards recognise high-quality young adult literature, with the shortlist selected by young adults, and the winners voted for online by teens. There are two awards: the Gold Inky Award for an Australian book, and the Silver Inky Award for an international book.

Gold Inky Award Shortlist

The Flywheel by Erin Gough (Hardie Grant Egmont)

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen and Unwin)

Sister…

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The 78-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

Welcome to Country by Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy

The Treehouse Fun Book by Andy Griffiths, Jill Griffiths and Terry Denton

All My Treasures: A Book of Joy by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey

In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey

Pokemon Deluxe Essential Handbook

Run, Pip, Run by J.C. Jones

The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon

Don’t Call Me Bear by Aaron Blabey

Charlie…

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Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany

The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke

The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Halliday Wine Companion 2017 by James Halliday

Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler

Alimentari by Linda Malcolm and Paul Jones

All the Buildings in Melbourne by James Gulliver Hancock

The North Water by Ian McGuire

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)

We’re…

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Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on or the music we’re loving.

Lian Hingee is reading Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

It’s been so many years since I’ve read Terry Pratchett’s earlier Discworld novels that there’s a few that I’m not even sure whether I actually have read, or if I only think I have. This one was published when I was nine, so there’s…

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National Bookshop Day is this Saturday, 13 August! To celebrate, we’re offering 15% off our special Readings branded merchandise – find out more here.

Over the past 47 years, we’ve been honoured and delighted to see Readings make guest appearances inside of actual books…

Amnesia by Peter Carey

Two time Booker Prize winner Peter Carey brings together the world of cyber hackers and radicals with this history of the United States, the CIA, and its relationship with its friend…

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CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH

Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman

As usual, there was a fair internal fight about what should be this month’s Book of the Month (as I’m not allowed to take up eight pages with my extended thoughts on each title), but something about the fallible intimacy of Wilde Lake had me drawn irresistibly to it, to this slice of life, so familiar and all-American – like baseball and freshman parties – yet so foreign.

In Columbia…

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Here are five recommended reads for book lovers who want to get in the Olympic spirit.

Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas

When Danny Kelly’s parents manage to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program, Danny finds himself bullied and shunned as an outsider. But Danny’s win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys – at a cost. Christos Tsiolkas is known for crafting compelling stories that examine the structures of class and society in…

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